2010 Olympic Games

Canada and the United States have gone to war in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic men’s hockey final, and after three periods of level-pegging (and a last minute equalizer) it’ll be settled in bonus hockey.

See the rest here:
Olympic men’s hockey update: Canada and the US head to overtime in gold medal game

The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili and lingering questions about the safety of the Whistler Sliding Centre track are the most haunting legacies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Go here to see the original:
Sliding danger a tough legacy to shake

AP – When the final Olympic race was over, a stillness shrouded the Whistler Sliding Center.

Continue reading here:
Olympic sliding touched by tragedy
(AP)

See the rest here:
Highlights from around the Vancouver Games. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Read the original here:
Highlights from around the Vancouver Games.

AP – International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Sunday the Vancouver Olympics should be remembered for its great atmosphere and sports performances and not just the death of a Georgian athlete in a luge crash.

Read more from the original source:
IOC president: Luger death’s only part of legacy
(AP)

The Own the Podium program was maligned early in the 2010 Winter Games when Canada’s medal total failed to meet expectations, but the gold rush over the final few days of the game have helped polish its image.

View post:
Olympics: Own the Podium a ‘bold program’

…

Here is the original post:
Photos: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

Canada and the United States have gone to war in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic men’s hockey final, and it’s the home team that has won the opening skirmish.

View post:
Olympic men’s hockey update: Canada opens scoring on United States in gold medal game

AP – Only one thing mattered to most Canadians on the last day of the Vancouver Olympics, and it had nothing to do with who performs what in the closing ceremony.

See original here:
Final day in Vancouver all about hockey
(AP)